18 April, 2017

Thousands of migrants rescued in 3 days in Mediterranean

About 8,300
migrants have been rescued from unseaworthy smugglers boats over
Easter weekend in the Mediterranean.

A UN refugee
agency spokeswoman, Carlotta Sami, tweeted on Monday that “rescuers
worked incessantly” over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, to save
them. Eight migrants died, including a pregnant woman. More than
1,400 of those rescued were saved by European border and coast guard
agency Frontex, which said it was involved in 13 search-and-rescue
operations over Easter weekend.

Private
humanitarian organizations were involved in many of the rescue
operations, while Italy’s coast guard coordinated the rescues.